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50 Cards in this Set
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Abate (verb) |
To lessen intensity or degree |
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Accolade (noun) |
An expression of praise |
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Adulation (noun) |
Excessive praise; intense adoration |
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Aesthetic (adjective) |
Dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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Ameliorate (verb) |
To make better or more tolerable |
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Ascetic (noun) |
One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion |
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Avarice (noun) |
Greed, especially for wealth |
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Axiom(noun) |
A universally recognized principle |
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Burgeon (verb) |
To grow rapidly or flourish |
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Bucolic (adjective) |
Rustic and pastoral, characteristic or rural areas and their inhabitants |
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Cacophony (noun) |
Harsh, jarring, disordinant sound. Disonnance |
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Canon (noun) |
An established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature |
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Castigation (noun) |
Severe criticism or punishment |
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Catalyst(noun) |
A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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Caustic (adjective) |
Burning or stinging, causing corrosion |
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Chart (adjective) |
Wary, cautious, sparing |
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Cogent (adjective) |
Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason, convincing |
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Complaissance (noun) |
The willingness to comply with the wishes of others |
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Contentious (adjective) |
Argumentative, quarrelsome, causing controversy or disagreement |
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Contrite (adjective) |
Regretful, pertinent, seeking forgiveness |
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Culpable (adjective) |
Deserving blame |
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Dearth (noun) |
Smallness of quantity or number, scarcity, a lack |
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Demur (verb) |
To question or oppose |
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Didactic (adjective) |
Intended to teach or instruct |
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Discretion (noun) |
Cautious reserve in speech, ability to make responsible decisions |
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Disinterested (adjective) |
Free of bias or self-interest, impartial |
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Dogmatic (adjective) |
Expressing a rigid opinion based on improved or improvable principles |
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Ebullience (noun) |
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression. Of thoughts and feelings |
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Eclectic (adjective) |
Composed of elements drawn from.various sources |
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Elegy (noun) |
A mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead |
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Emollient (adjective/noun) |
Soothing, especially to the skin, making less harsh, mollifying, an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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Empirical (adjective) |
Based on observation or expermint |
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Enogmatic (adjective) |
Mysterious, obscure, difficult to udnerstand |
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Ephemeral (adjective) |
Brief, fleeting |
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Esoteric (adjective) |
Internded for or understood by a small specific group |
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Exonerate (verb) |
To remove blame |
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Facetious (adjective) |
Playful, humorous |
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Fallcy (noun) |
An invalid or incorrect notion, a mistaken belief |
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Furtive (adjective) |
Marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious |
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Gregarious (adjective) |
Sociable, outgoing, enjoying the company of other people |
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Harangue (verb) |
To deliver a forceful or angry speech, ranting speech or writing |
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Heretical (adjective) |
Violating accepted dogma or convention |
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Impecunious (adjective) |
Lacking funds, without money |
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Incipient (adjective) |
Beginning to come into being or become apparent |
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Inert (adjective) |
I'm moving, lethargic, sluggish |
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Intransigent (adjective) |
Refusing to compromise |
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Inveigle (verb) |
To obtain by deception or flattery |
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Odious (adjective) |
Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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Oscillation (noun) |
The act or state if swing.g back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rythm |
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Penurious (adjective) |
Penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungernerous |
